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Agnes Monica Muljoto commonly called fans Agnes Monica was born in Jakarta on July 1st, 1986 is a

singer and a female artist from Indonesia. She is one of multi-talented singers and actress in Indonesia.
She has lovely parents named Ricky Suprapto and Jenny Siswono.

Her elder brother named Steve Muljoto manages her carrier very well. He always accompanies Agnes in
every single day of her life.

Agnes not only has a good achievement in her academic at school, but also in her extra activities. She is
good in Singing, playing piano, and English. She is a smart and good girl.

Tarakanita is her elementary school and she continued her study at Pelita Harapan Junior and Senior
High School. However, she decided to resign from Pelita Harapan University and she took a program of
Distance Education at Oregon States University (USO). Wow!

She began her career in entertainment at the age when it was still six years as a child singer.

At that time, Agnes released three albums of children who also managed to bring her name to the line of
popular singer in the era of the 90’s. Not only in singing, Agnes became a presenter on several TV shows.
In her teens, Agnes ventured to plunge into the world of acting. Some of appearance in Indonesian TV
program is “Pernikahan Dini” in 2001 drove back her name.

Agnes released her first album in his adult life, titled “And the Story Goes” in 2003, where her name back
riding in the Indonesian music industry. Seeing success in the homeland pushes herself to be an
international career.

In 2005, Agnes released her second album, titled “Whaddup A ‘..?!”. In this album, Agnes duet with on of
famous singers from the United States, Keith Martin. Agnes also was involved in filming the Asian Drama
Serial, such as “The Hospital” and “Romance in the White House”.

In 2008 and 2009, Agnes also won the award two years in a row since his appearance at the Asia Song
Festival in Seoul, South Korea. In the third album “Sacredly Agnezious” in 2009, Agnes began to get
involved as a producer and songwriter. She was appointed as a judge on a talent show in Indonesia,
“Indonesian Idol” in 2010.

In the same year, Agnes launched her single song titled “Karena Ku Sanggup” which she created with
Andi Rianto. She also briefly starred in the film titled “Pejantan Cantik” on Indosiar (One of Tv Station in
Indonesia).

On November 21st, 2010, Agnes became one of the host red carpet awards in American Music Awards
held at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles, United States. At that time Agnes performed using batik and
kebaya dress, and the occasional use of the Indonesian language.

On that occasion, Agnes also collaborated with the singer from Mexico, Christian Chávez in a song called
“¿En Dónde Estás?” are packaged in Spanish, English and Indonesian.

On February 2nd, 2011, Agnes launched the best compilation album entitled “Agnes Is My Name”. This
album contains 10 singles selection of three previous studio albums, plus two new songs “Karena Ku
Sanggup” and “Paralyzed”.

On March 23rd, 2011, to coincide with the celebration of Day of National Music, Agnes received the
award Nugraha Bhakti Music Indonesia (NBMI) of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Union of
Artists Singers, Songwriters, and Playground Music Recordings Indonesia (PAPPRI) for their dedication
and contributions, either of thought and deed, for the progress and development as well as preservation
of Indonesian music.

Agnes also umpteenth time awarded in Anugerah Music Indonesia (AMI), in 2011 she won the category
“Best Female Solo Actress”.

In the same year Agnes released the single entitled “Rindu”, which is a creation of Eros Djarot originally
popularized by Fryda in 1995.
Agnes also won nomination as “Worldwide Act Asia Pacific” at the awards “MTV Europe Music Awards”
in 2011. Agnes also was nominated for the American Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards 2012 in the
category “Favorite Asian Act”. However, Agnes failed to win those awards.

In 2012, Agnes won the category of Best Asian Indonesian Artist at the Mnet Asian Music Awards. Agnes
Monica was also awarded the Best Celebrity Fashion SHORTY AWARDS in 2013. Not only in the category
of Best Singer, Agnes also managed to shift the position of Justin Bieber in the category Best Celebrity
Fashion SHORTY AWARDS 2013. For this category Agnes collecting 1199 votes, while Justin Bieber is
surprisingly only obtained 74 votes. Woww!!!

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